September 2015

Welcome to Camera Clips September 2015.  The banner this week is a colour Infrared Photograph by Jack Dascombe, the newest member of our club.

I had originally planned to publish this edition in June, but things got away from me.   I have been travelling in Britain for 6 weeks.  Perhaps I can tell you more about my travels at a later date.   I had prepared two articles before I left.  There was an excursion to Mt Lofty Botanical gardens and a summary from the workshop – using Gimp to create a grunge angel.

I returned to my first meeting in August 2015 to hear 5 short presentations from different members of the club.  This was a great meeting with five very varied and different presentations.  I have been fortunate in receiving articles from two of the speakers.   Jen Williams has given me five pictures from her beach series.  I admire Jen’s quick uncanny eye for composition and texture.  Also Jack Dascombe has given me a few paragraphs on Infrared photography.  Jack is an articulate and expressive new member of our club.  His passion for photography is quite contagious.  I must admit that until I heard Jack speak I had not really appreciated the range of possibilities of  IR photography.

I have not been the only traveler in our group.  Bruce Nankivell has just returned from walking the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain.  Bruce has produced a summary of his travels.  I sympathize with Bruce who walked 800km compared to my meager 300km. I am sure he had his fair share of blisters.

Lastly I watched a documentary on ABC TV about a street photographer, Vivian Maier. I was talking to our president Ashley Hoff and Chris Schultz who had both enjoyed it and so I watched it on i-view.  I have produced a brief article about this enigmatic woman and her wonderful photos.  Also you should compare her work to that of her contempories, Garry Winogrand and Robert Frank.

I hope you enjoy this edition of Camera Clips.  James

Contents

1. Excursion to Mt Lofty Botanical gardens
2. Using Gimp to create a grunge angel
3. Beach series – Jen Williams
4. Jack Dascombe – Infrared photography
5. Camino de Santiago – Bruce Nankivell
6. Vivian Maier
7. Garry Winogrand – Ashley Hoff
8. Robert Frank – The Americans